Project details
Location
Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin 11 Project value
8.5 Million Area
2000 m² Completion date
2011 
Client
Dublin Cemeteries Trust Architects
Wejchert Architects Awards
Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement, from the Themed Entertainment Association, Burbank CaliforniaDigital Media Awards, Best Digital Design and Overall Grand Prix Winners
OPUS Design Award, Highly commended for Architectural Design
Institute of Designers in Ireland, Highly commended Best Exhibition Design
Public Sector Journal, Best Historical and Educational Attraction
Clifton Scannell Emerson Associates (CSEA) were commissioned by Dublin Cemeteries Trust in association with the OPW.
Along with New Offices, a Heritage Centre, Museum and Archive, it also included works to listed structures, National monuments and boundary walls within the Glasnevin Cemetery site.
The Heritage Centre building is on three floors, 2000 m² and is designed to be sustainable, modern and functional but sympathetic to the historic fabric of the cemetery. The existing listed Gate Lodge was also restored.
CSEA were the Civil & Structural design engineers with responsibilities for all structural design as well as civil drainage and road design.
Glasnevin Heritage Centre/Museum won the following awards:
- Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement, from the Themed Entertainment Association, Burbank California
- Digital Media Awards, Best Digital Design and Overall Grand Prix Winners
- OPUS Design Award, Highly commended for Architectural Design
- Institute of Designers in Ireland, Highly commended Best Exhibition Design
- Public Sector Journal, Best Historical and Educational Attraction
